BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: July 15, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Patrick O'Donnell, Chair
SB
436 (Committee on Education) - As Amended July 8, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
SUBJECT: Education: omnibus bill.
SUMMARY: Makes technical and non-controversial revisions to the
Education Code. Specifically, this bill:
1)Corrects references to non-existent code sections and makes
technical changes to provisions related to school district
reorganization. (Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17)
2)Clarifies that the three schoolsite representatives of the
K-12 High Speed Network advisory board serve a renewable
two-year term, consistent with the terms of the other advisory
board members. (Section 3)
3)Removes obsolete references regarding the State School
Deferred Maintenance Program, whose funding was removed with
the establishment of the Local Control Funding Formula.
(Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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4)Eliminates various reporting requirements and program
evaluations that no longer exist, including reporting
requirements for the following programs:
a) Compton Unified School District extended year program.
b) Bilingual education programs.
c) State Bilingual Teacher Training Assistance Program.
d) Programs funded using Economic Impact Aid. (Sections
18, 19, 21, 22, 23)
5)Corrects a drafting error in AB 1584 (Buchanan), Chapter 800,
Statutes of 2014, by inserting a comma that was left out in
Education Code Section 49073.1(d)(5)(B)(i), after "educational
products." (Section 20)
6)Replaces outdated references to the Standardized Testing and
Reporting Program with the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress System of assessments. (Sections 26
and 29)
7)Corrects code section references in provisions related to
services for individuals with exceptional needs. (Sections
24, 25, 26. 27, 28)
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EXISTING LAW assigns various duties to state and local
educational agencies and governs the operation of public
schools.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS: This bill is the annual K-12 education clean-up bill
that makes various non-controversial revisions to the Education
Code. The majority of the provisions were identified by the
California Department of Education and make technical
corrections to the statute, such as correcting a section
citation or striking obsolete language. By tradition, objection
to any provision by the agency affected, the Department of
Finance, or any of the four legislative caucuses prevents that
provision from being included in this bill.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
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None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Sophia Kwong Kim / ED. / (916)
319-2087